goings on and minutiae

Nov. 6 2010 Halloween 2010

More halloween fun. Parker is gir from Invader Zim. Paulina is in a Twister dress, Eden is Toph from avatar and also is a gypsy. Deann is medusa (look closely for snakes in her hair. Brian is a statue, because ... well ... you know.

Feb. 26 2007 THAT explains a *lot*

Although we've always known, I don't think we actually new. Nike bases (we had one right next door, literally, site D-87) were launch sites for short range tactical nuclear missiles. As a defense option against incoming ICBMs, they were strategically placed in a perimiter pattern around major cities (e.g. Detroit). Check it out: Commerce/Union Lake base. You may need to scroll down a bit.

I was tipped off in an odd sort of way while watching a discovery channel episode about a base in New York, the terms NIKE and base weren't used together, but 1 + 1 = 2. More info: www.nikemissile.org and NIKE Hercules.

A long awaited welcome to the youngest member of the Minnebo Family, Parker James Minnebo (PJ ?) he was born at 2:04 am on November 18 2003, coming in/out at 7lbs 8oz. Congrats Deann, we knew you could prove the psychic wrong.

The whole family is doing fine. Parker has two older sisters who have been dying to have a little brother to take care of, hopefully he'll be nicer to his sisters growing up than Steven James was :-)